Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Slovakia
Slovakia: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 64,660 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Slovakia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — area harvested in Slovakia is 64,660 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Slovakia peaked at 131,033 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 32,120 ha, in 1993.
Slovakia ranks 25th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 32,120 ha | — |
| 1994 | 33,529 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 46,652 ha | +39.1% |
| 1996 | 52,947 ha | +13.5% |
| 1997 | 46,995 ha | -11.2% |
| 1998 | 64,902 ha | +38.1% |
| 1999 | 95,175 ha | +46.6% |
| 2000 | 68,903 ha | -27.6% |
| 2001 | 63,535 ha | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 62,347 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 131,033 ha | +110.2% |
| 2004 | 90,031 ha | -31.3% |
| 2005 | 91,146 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 108,816 ha | +19.4% |
| 2007 | 64,746 ha | -40.5% |
| 2008 | 74,934 ha | +15.7% |
| 2009 | 82,944 ha | +10.7% |
| 2010 | 82,866 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 88,695 ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 90,121 ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 84,129 ha | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 76,593 ha | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 75,405 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 83,788 ha | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 87,348 ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 68,800 ha | -21.2% |
| 2019 | 48,550 ha | -29.4% |
| 2020 | 53,550 ha | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 73,360 ha | +37.0% |
| 2022 | 73,130 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 61,800 ha | -15.5% |
| 2024 | 64,660 ha | +4.6% |
Slovakia compared with similar countries
- Slovakia's 64,660 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 17,035 ha, 3.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Slovakia's 64,660 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10,400 ha, 6.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Slovakia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +110.2% | 62,347 ha | 131,033 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 53,189 ha | 32,120 ha | 95,175 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 83,844 ha | 62,347 ha | 131,033 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 78,630 ha | 48,550 ha | 90,121 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,300 ha | 53,550 ha | 73,360 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More agriculture & rural data for Slovakia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0159 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 454.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1564 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4681 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Slovakia?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Slovakia was 64,660 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 131,033 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,120 ha in 1993.
- How does Slovakia rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Slovakia ranks 25th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sunflower seed — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.